Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; The Loyal Toast -- A Personal Introduction; Chapter 1: Identification of the National Subject the idea of the anthem in the world today; Chapter 2: The Official Poem of the People anthems, their contexts and their common characteristics; Chapter 3: The Classification of Anthems genre and speech act; Chapter 4: Anthem Quality: Its Paradoxes and Parodies the uniformity of differences and the automatisation of strong affect; Chapter 5: Choosing and Chosen the overt and covert us and them of national devotions
Chapter 6: Anthems for a Better World cosmopolitan and postcolonial hymnsConclusion: The Soul and Its Un/Official Stirrings; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-195) and index
